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I made this cake for a friend’s birthday a while back and thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. I’m not too great at decorating or fiddling about with things, thanks to my giant farmer’s hands good for hard manual labour and not much else! YET, the spotted collar came out beautifully! I did need an extra pair of hands to place the collar on the cake but apart from that it was all me. I originally found the recipe here, but since then have actually seen it in an actual cookbook as well (I’m terribly sorry to have forgotten the name of the book, it does annoy me when people don’t cite original sources). If you do go to the website and wonder why my cake looks a lot like magicpantry’s in the comment section, it’s because that’s my comment!

Combine ingredients in a heavy-based saucepan. Heat over low heat until butter and white chocolate melts, stir then leave to cool to a mud-like consistency. Frost in between cakes and on the top only, or if baking one layer, frost all over.

Chocolate collar

Ingredients:

40g white chocolate, melted

80g dark chocolate, melted

Method:

Cut out a rectangular strip of baking paper about 3 cm wider than the height of the cake (including icing) and 2 cm longer than the circumference of the cake.

Drop dots of melted white chocolate randomly over strip.

Allow to set, then spread a layer of melted dark chocolate over the entire strip. (Make sure the chocolate has cooled a little so you don’t melt the while chocolate).

Working quickly, wrap paper, chocolate-side in around the cake. This is where you might need to grow extra hands or yell out for help!

Hold paper strip in place until the strip holds itself on.

Put the cake in the fridge until the chocolate collar is set.

When set, carefully peel away the paper. Take a moment to enjoy your artwork!

Refrigerate the cake until ready to serve. Just before serving, fill the top of the cake with fresh berries, glaze with melted jam if you like, dust with icing sugar/cocoa and serve!!!

Note: I imagine you could make a Pollack-isque collar by drizzling the white chocolate across the baking paper in long strokes or if you’re really game, the name of the lucky birthday boy/girl. The possibilities are endless!